During his freshman season Bryant Lewis was thrown into the fire of being the Lehman starting quarterback after then starting quarterback Daniel O’Neal went down with an injury in the third game of the 2017 season.
The transition from wide receiver to quarterback was easy for Lewis since he had played both positions for most of his life, but the expectations and pressure of the quarterback position proved to be a lot to handle during his freshman campaign.
“It was pretty nerve-wracking, because it was also my third game,” Lewis said. “I had been practicing a lot with the quarterbacks taking one or two reps, but I didn’t expect it to happen, it just came out of nowhere. During halftime I didn’t know what to do and I asked coach what I could do to stay calm. I knew it would be bad for me to freeze up in front of everyone whenever it was my job to get the job done. I just knew I had to execute.”
